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CAR FRAME. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 21, 1907.

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EDWARE POSSON, OF GHlCAG-O, LLNOlS.

CAR-FRAME @01,357 specification of Leners raient. pgtem-Lgi nime, 3&5,@geen Application filed October 531, 1907. Serial No. 398,463.

To all whom t may concern;

vBe it known that l, EDWARD Poseen, a citistitnte the center sill of thecnr. The flanges zen of the United States, residing et fJhiof eachchannel beam einbrncea Wooden cago, in the county of Cool; und State ofmember 3l. A' hole 32 conforming in shape on Illinois, have inventedlcertain new and nsetothe cross section of the channel beam 30, l tulImprovements in Car-ltrtunes, of which es shown in Fig. 2, is cutthrough the rear 'the vfollowing is :i specification. plate l5. To unitethe' center sill members to One of the objects of my invention is to theend sill,l the end olech channel beam 30 provide nii improved end sillfor cars. is thrust through the hole 32 in the rear plete 65 Anotherobject is to combine nn end. sill 15 until it abuts the iront plzite'l.A cross and center sill in en improved wey. web 37 extends between theiront. and rear These sind other objects will be mede ep? plates 1G and1,5 alongside the hole 32 and pnrent'in the following specilicetion andthe end of: the channel benin f() is riveted claims. .to this crossWebn'? by ineens or the rivets 7G Referring to the drewings-elt`igure lis en 35. From the lower edge ot the part ll) of elevation ot the endsill. ltig. 2 is e section the resil vplete 15 e horizontal tongue'33,11%-, of one end thereof looking in the saine direc ects bnclr undertheewooden member i-jjmd tion tis in Fig. l. Fig. 3. is e. top planv isettnched thereto by theiyerticel boltsr. view of one end of the endsill. Fig. Il is e This wooden member 3l abnts the rear plete 75 sectionon the line ein Fig. 8, looking in the l5. A strengthening web 36extends diagodirection of the arrow. Figs. 6 and l are. nelly acrossbetween th'eiear plete 15 and the sections taken respectively on thelines 5, G cross web 37. f, and 7 in Fig. l, looking in the directionsof This end sill is so designed as to have great the arrows. strength inproportion to its Weight; it is 80 .'.lhe end sill-comprises e verticalrear plate integral in construction so that it cannot l5, e..vertical-front plate l@ and n substnneasily get out of order; and theconnection tially horizontal comiectinp,` web 17 Cef- With the centersill members is very secure. responding` to this Wehl? there is e rib 1SThe ends of the channel beiimsO do not have running along the iront sideof the platel to he niodilied or slinped in order to connect 16. At eachend ot the end sill, that is at tliein to the end sill ind no extra`brackets or each corner" ot the car, there is zi socket 19 other membershave to be used 't'or this ladapted to receive the end et the side sill20. purpose, The front and rear plates 1G and 15 are con# l claim:nected by tubes 2l, Q2 and 23 WliCli lie in l. In ncnr, the combinationof nn end sill 90 the web 1T. rllhese tubes are adapted to recomprisingfront und rear plates with n eonceive the ends of the truss rods of thecui. necting web, and a longitudinal center sill All the Celltl. plt @fill@ @11d Sil-l the lb 1S comprising n channel benin, the .rear plate ofprojects forward, es indicated by the retthe end sill having' n holecorresponding in erence nuinerallS, und on its edge 'the vershape to thesection ot the channel benin. 95 tical plete 25 stands supported fromthe 2. ln u enr, the combination ot' an end sill front plate 16 by thebracingl web This comprising front and reni: vertical plates front platei6 is widened at. the center, :is iii :ind u rei-tirol cross web nearthe center dicated byftliereference characters 16 und thereof, und nloiipitudinfil sill comprising 1G". The Whole. end sill has n notch QG:it n clmiinel benin. the i'ezu plnte of the end sill 100 the vmiddle ofthe lower side 'to receive the hnviiig .1 slet beside the said cross Webdraw-bar. 0n each side of this notch the adapted to receive the endetthe said clizinl horizontal plates 2 extend outA troni the nel beam.bottom edge ot the lfront plete lo. The In combination un end sillconsisting horizontal plate 27 is supported :it ench end of trent undreni' plates, the reni' plete hzivlos thereof by theivebs2Szn'1d29,wliich project ing a slot therein, and n center sill com outvtroni the front plate lb. The parts prisino` u channel beam with itstlnnges eindescribed thus ihr belong' to the end sill and bracing uWooden benin, the end ot' the nrejintegrel therewith. y channel beninprojecting tlirough .the said Tivo channel. beams 30 are placed neertoslot` and abutting` the 'trent plete nnd the l] gether with their Websvertcnl end with eijdt et the wooden benin abutting' the rear' p ne.

their lienges turned etlny troni each other.

These two channel beams taken together con- 4. ln a ear, an end sillcomprising front and rear plates connected by a .horizontal Web, tubularenlargements in said Web adapted to receive the ends of the car trussrods, and a seat between the front and rear plates adapted to receivethe end of the center sill.

5. In, ay car, the combination of an end sill comprising a verticalplate With a slot therein and a' rearwardly4 projecting tongue, and aVcenter sill member consisting of a Wooden beam embraced by the ilangesof a channel beam, the end of the channel beam project.

ing through the slot and the end of the Wooden beam being bolted to thesaid tongue.

6. In a car, the combination of an end sill having a transverse verticalweb and a longitudinal vertical web in front thereof7 said transverse,web havin@` an opening` therethrough, and a longitudinal center sillcomprising -a channel beam vhaving the end of its Web projecting throughsaid opening andv laid against the said longitudinal vertical web ot'the end sill and riveted thereto. 7. ln a car, an end sill comprisingfront and rear vertical plates and a horizontal connecting web, saidplates and Web being formed integrally, and the rear plate having` anopening through Which a center sill member may project. l

8. 4ln a car, the combination of an end sill and a center sill member,,the center sill member consisting of a channel .beam e1nbracing aWooden timber and projecting beyond the same, and the end sill having anopening in its rear face to receive the end of the channel beam Whilethe end of the wooden timber abuts said rear face.

j EDWARD POSSON. Witnesses:

ANNA L. SAVOIE, LILLIAN KIBBY.

